Narahia
Narahia is a Village in Madhubani district of Bihar state, India
Narahia | |
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Village | |
  Narahia Location in Bihar, India | |
| Coordinates: 26°22′0″N 86°32′0″E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Madhubani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.55 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Population (Census of 2011) | |
| • Total | 13,740 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Maithili, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-BR |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Madhubani, Darbhanga |
| Website | https://madhubani.nic.in/ |
Geography
It is located in north Bihar near national border of India and Nepal (about 30Km by road) at an elevation of 58 m above MSL.[1] Surrounded by river Balan and Bihul. It is alongside of East-west corridor ( porbander to silcher NH 57). Narahia has State Bank of India branch code- 15928, and one branch of Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank IFSC code- CBIN0R10001. It has two ATMs : One is of SBI and another is India 1 ATM. Indian Post office Pin code - 847108. Narahia is a large village located in Laukahi Block of Madhubani district, Bihar with total 2762 families residing. The Narahia village has population of 13740 of which 7019 are males while 6721 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Narahia village population of children with age 0-6 is 2646 which makes up 19.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Narahia village is 958 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Narahia as per census is 938, higher than Bihar average of 935.
Narahia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Narahia village was 53.17 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Narahia Male literacy stands at 64.33 % while female literacy rate was 41.58 %. This village comes under Laukahi police station, and Laukha laukahi Vidhan sabha kshetra, and Phulparas constituency. Bhaptiyahi is a village near the Narahia. It is near junction of two national highways NH57 and NH104 close to SSP High School, Narahia. Narahia market is very famous for its business hub in this area. It is very close to international border of India and Nepal. Narahia is also called for the Mithalanchal land of Bihar.
Location
National Highway 57 and National Highway 104 passes through Narahia. Nearest civil airport is Patna Airport. Around 200km from Darbhanga. Nearest Railway station is Nirmali & Ghoghardiha.
Air Transport
Nearest airport is Patna Airport which is around 200 km away.Darbhanga Airport is also about to open for civil flights.It is around 80Km from here.
References
- http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/34/Narahia.html Map and weather of Narahia